The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
You donât need to be a linguist to understand the difference between deno-. tation and connotation with a word like Status Quo in your vocabulary .Websterâs. defines Status Quo as the existing state of affairs.. Well, thereâs nothing pejora-. tive about that.